Japanese Folk Lore...

lore \lör\ n [Old English leornian to learn]
      a : knowledge gained through study or experience
      b : traditional knowledge or belief

Due to the (increasing) size of this list, please consider it constantly "under construction". For a running list of the newest additions see here.

Traditional Ghost Stories and Supernatural Tales

From In Ghostly Japan (Lafcadio Hearn, 1898)

A Story of Divination
Botan-Doro (The Flower Lantern)
Fragment (The Mountain of Skulls)
Furisode (The Long-Sleeve Robe)

From Kwaidan (Lafcadio Hearn, 1903)

A Dead Secret
Diplomacy
Jiki Ninki (Man-Eating Goblin)
Jiu Roku Zakura (Cherry-tree of the Sixteenth Day)
Mimi Nashi Hoichi (Earless Hoichi)
Mirror and A Bell
Mujina (The Faceless)
Oshidori (The Mallards)
Riki Baka (Riki the Fool)
Rokuro-Kubi
The Dream of Akinosuke
The Story of Aoyagi
The Story of O-Tei
Ubazakura (Cherry Tree of the Milk Nurse)
Yuki Onna (Snow Woman)

From Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (Lafcadio Hearn, 1904)

The Ancient Cult

From Tales of Old Japan (Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1910)

Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
Crackling Mountain
Ghost of Sakura
Vampire Cat of Nabeshima
White Fox Wedding

Shinto

Kojiki

Kojiki (translation)
Manga Version
The Ancient Cult (Lafcadio Hearn commentary)

Deities

Izanagi
Izanami
Ame Terasu
Tsuku Yomi
Susa no Wo

Concepts

Ceremonies

Places

Ghosts

Ghost of Oiwa

The Lantern Ghost of Oiwa

Ghost of Sakura
Kohada Koheiji
Maidservant Okiku
Mujina (The Faceless)
Nightly Weeping Rock
Oyuki
Yotsuya Kaidan
Yuurei

Demons

Hyakki Yako
Oni
Shikome
Hannya
Emma
The Horned Priest Ryogen
Oni no Nembutsu
Tengu

Inugami
Sojobo
Yamabushi Tengu
Karasu Tengu

Yuki Onna

Monsters

Ghost Skeleton
Rokurokubi
Yama Uba
Kappa
Nukekubi
The Greedy Hag

Animals

Badger

Crackling Mountain

Cat / Neko

Vampire Cat of Nabeshima

Crab / Kani

The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab

Crow / Karasu

Karasu Tengu

Fox / Kitsune (Fox)

White Fox Wedding
Tamamo no Mae [The Fox Maiden]
The Fox-Woman Leaving Her Child
Fox Fire

Hare / Rabbit

Crackling Mountain

Monkey / Saru

The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab

Snake

Serpent Deities
Ryu
Orochi
Yasha
Abundant-Jewel Princess and the Dragon King
Shiota no Tayu
Jealous Yaichiro
The Legend of Dojoji
The Serpent Tamichi
Susa-no Wo and the Eight-Forked Serpent

Raccoon / Tanuki

Tanuki Kettle
Tanuki and Rabbit

Toads

Insects

Ant

The Dream of Akinosuke

Butterfly

The Dream of Akinosuke

Centipede

Nature

Tree

Jiu Roku Zakura (Cherry-tree of the Sixteenth Day)
Ubazakura (Cherry Tree of the Milk Nurse)

Rock

Sessho Seki [The Death Stone] - Nasu, Tochigi

Sea
Mountain

Locations

Sessho Seki [The Death Stone] - Nasu, Tochigi
Gojoe Bridge - Kyoto

Immortals

Sennin
Gama
Tekkai
Chokaro
Kinko
Kume Sennin

People

47 Ronin
Boddhidharma
Shoki the Demon Queller
Sadanobu
Minamoto no Yorimitsu
Yoshitsune
Benkei the Monk

Relationship

Lover

A Dead Secret
Botan-Doro (The Flower Lantern)
Furisode (The Long-Sleeve Robe)
Oshidori (The Mallards)

Parent Child

The Story of Aoyagi
Riki Baka (Riki the Fool)

Comrade

Ceremonies

Oniyarai
Tsuina
Shugendo

Textual Sources